Thought I forgot about this, didn’t ya? Yeah, you did, go on and admit it. But….ha ha ha ha….I haven’t forgotten…oh no, my friend…not even close! It takes more than an ice storm, 19 1/2 days without Internet service, 3 kids, 4 dogs, 4 cats, and 2 major holidays to distract ME! As a matter of fact, I had selected The Prayer of...

That’s right…it’s a P-A-R-T-A-A-A-Y!!!! We be back online, baby!! And yes, there’s a funny story to go along with it (there usually is with a crew of goofballs like us!) Ok, here’s what happened… Second Son and I were sprawled out in the living room watching “The Guardian” and Oldest Son had just come in from his...

Ok, so more than one person has told me recently I need to “get out more”. One even suggested I make it a New Year’s Resolution to find a man. (Oy vey!) I admit, the idea of having someone special in my life is appealing…I think. So how to find him? Assuming I can wrap my head around the idea of going “hunting”, where do I...

2007 was a banner year for Second Son. Back in January, he made the homepage of the school district’s website for being nominated and selected as a People to People Student Ambassador. In May, he and his girlfriend (pictured here) went to the 8th grade prom (their first dress up affair) and then graduated to High School…oh yes – they’re grown...

That’s Prima Donna Daughter there to the left of Santa, cheesin’ for the camera. They’re joined by Mrs. Claus, an Elf and four other reindeer (don’t ask me what happened to the other three reindeer – I couldn’t get a straight answer.) They were “in costume” for one of the songs her class was doing in the assembly...

I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog. It covers: The best blogging techniques. How to get traffic to your blog. How to turn your blog into money. I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out....

Ironically, we are celebrating Oklahoma’s Centennial this year. To wind up a year of celebration with a bang, Mother Nature delivers the worst ice storm on record for our state. A cool 45% of the state lost power in this storm, and over 6,000 linemen and other utility people came running to our rescue, some arriving as early as last Monday night. Our power...

Ok, maybe I won’t ever “get it”. I just don’t get how a certain someone could consider it any kind of evil-doing on my part to send his daughter to stay the weekend with him. I just don’t get how I end up in the bitch category for that. Particularly when we have no power and he does. Yes, I have been known to whine and moan about what a...

Just a quick post to let everyone know our power was restored last night at 10:30pm! We have lights and heat! Phone and Internet access will be restored on Wednesday, so I’m still hangin’ out at my favorite Barnes and Noble store ’til then. But that’s ok – they’ve got good coffee here.

I was headed back here to Barnes & Noble yesterday evening to get online for awhile and let my toes thaw out after a day of cutting up fallen tree limbs in the snow when my cell phone rang. It was my dad telling me that my mom was in an ambulance headed to the hospital with respiratory distress. Suddenly, it didn’t matter anymore that we have no power, that...